Last night everything was happening. The Sinbusters played their last show with Seth. El Fuego came out of a Super Valcano and Thom Yorke brought his band Atoms for Peace to the Wang Center. The Wang Center is a place where people usually go to see musicals or operas. It is as ornate as it is large. The ceilings are high and elegantly painted and the chadeliers are gigantic and dim giving the room an almost magestic golden heavenly atmosphere. OH, wait, it's the Citi Performance Wang Center, my bad. I guess that's why there were all those banners covering up the beautiful architecture...
Those in attendance must have felt privileged to be at a sold out show and know that they were about to witness history. Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili peppers Bass Player Flea, Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke, Joey Waronker (drums) who has played with artists such as R.E.M., Beck, Smashing Pumpkins and Walt Mink; and Mauro Refosco (drums and percussion) of Forro in the Dark formed Atom For Peace to bring Thom Yorkes "The Eraser" album to life and along the way wrote some killer songs as well.
The show was incredible! They played the entire "The Eraser" album and played some killer new tracks for a relatively long Encore. Here is the setlist:
The Eraser
Analyse
The Clock
Black Swan
Skip Divided
Atoms For Peace
And It Rained All Night
Harrowdown Hill
Cymbal Rush
Encore:
The Present Tense
Like Spinning Plates
The Daily Mail
Paperbag Writer
Judge, Jury and Executioner
The Hollow Earth
FeelingPulledApartByHorses
It maybe easy to argue that Thom Yorke has the greatest voice of our generation and maybe generations past. It is almost digital. Just sampling it can make a DJ millions of dollars.
This song "Present Tense" which it seems he dedicated to Johnny (Greenwood perhaps). Is as touching as any song can get and has technical as anyone can sing and play guitar.
It just seems that if you blink you might miss it.
A. Polk
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